To the fall semester of the year, the number of applicants younger than 25 years decreased by three percent compared with the fall semester of the last year, according to a press release from the University and högskolerådet.

at the same time, the number of applicants over the age of 25 years increased by two per cent.

more than 360.000 sought an education in the autumn. The majority, 61 percent, are women.